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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a Backup Storage Unit</h1>
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   <p>This section describes how to create a backup storage unit.</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4>
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     <li><span>Choose <span class="menucascade" id="HA00050__ha00049_menucascade31053579148"><b><span class="uicontrol" id="HA00050__ha00049_uicontrol41059577142"><span id="HA00050__ha00049_text1054020121612"><strong>System</strong></span></span></b> &gt; <b><span class="uicontrol" id="HA00050__ha00049_uicontrol154661958121418"><span id="HA00050__ha00049_text8757278167"><strong>Infrastructure</strong></span></span></b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Backup Storage Unit Groups</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Backup Storage Units</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span> to create a backup storage unit.</span><p></p>
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       <a href="#HA00050__en-us_topic_0000001263937538_table13641194661910">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters. 
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          <b>Table 1 </b>Parameters for adding a backup storage unit
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           <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><span><strong>Name</strong></span></span></p></td>
           <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>User-defined name of the backup storage unit.</p></td>
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           <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Device Type</strong></span></p></td>
           <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Storage device type.</p></td>
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           <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Storage Device</strong></span></p></td>
           <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Created backup storage device.</p></td>
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           <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><strong>Storage pool</strong></p></td>
           <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Storage pool of the backup storage device.</p></td>
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     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li>
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     <strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="HA00048.html">Managing Backup Storage Units (Applicable to 1.6.0 and Later Versions)</a>
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